The North Branch Presbyterian Church is nearly 150 years old. It's beginnings
are lost in obscurity. Early references appear in minutes of the Redstone
Presbytery as early as 1788 and in the minutes of the General Assembly
in 1830. The first recorded minutes of the North Branch Church date from
1833 when Reverend James D. Ray began his ministry there, with meetings
held in the barn and house of Daniel Weigle.

In 1834 a house of worship was erected on ground donated by Mr. Weigle,
on the site of the present building. Organizations were held on Sept. 1835
and May 2, 1844. At that time there were 56 members, all former members
of Mt. Carmel Church. Family names listed were: Lafferty, Shroades, Douds,
Taylor, Baker, Patterson, Noss, Iekler, Grajam, Irwin, Alcorn, Elliott,
Usselton, Lundis, Weigle, Braden, Johnson, Hewett, McAfee, and Rambo.

The first report of a Sunday School was in 1870, and continued without
interruption until the present time.

The following is a list of pastors and their years of service

Rev J. D. Ray 1833-1842

Rev. John Shroads 1890-1897

Samuel Hain 1844-1847

John F. Hackett 1897-1903

John W. Hazlett 1847-1851

P. J. Cummings 1904-1907

James Henderson 1851-1853

C. R. McCracken 1908-1912

Albert Richwell 1853-1856

R. E. Thurston 1915-1918

James Smith 1856-1865

S. R. Johnston 1918-1920

P. J. Cummings 1866-1873

W. J. Engle 1921-1926

J. R. Pomroy 1873-1875

J. R. Thomson 1927-1957

George Shaifer 1875-1879

Harold Bowman 1958-1967

H. F. Earseman 1885-1886

Vance Yarnell 1967-1968

Matthew Rutherford 1887-1888

William Green 1968-1980

Known burials based on inscriptions on headstones visible and legible
in January, 1972 * Starred entries are from Veterans Office.